[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Clitheroe U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Clitheroe (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Clitheroe U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nuisances. The work done under this heading may be summarised as follows : : —- Nuisances in the Books , ... 306 Notices sent to abate Nuisances 37 Nuisances abated without Notices 243 Nuisances unabated at the end of the year' 26 I may here state that a number of Sanitary Defects re- ported to the Health Committee have been passed on to the Sewering Committee to be dealt with. MATURE OF THE MUISANCES. The following will show the nature of the Nuisances abated: — 40 Choked Drains opened and cleaned. 2 New Sanitary Pipe Drains laid instead of old Stone drains. 2 Drains Trapped. 2 Slopstonie pipes disconnected from the Drains and Trapped. 3 Cases of Water penetrating from Drains into Houses remedied. 2 Slopstone pipes lengthened. 1 New Tipper put in to replace a broken one. 2 Old Pan Closets condemned. 1 New Closet provided where the accommodation was insufficient. 1 Dilapidated Closet repaired. 33 Dirty Closets cleaned. 3 Defective Down-spouts repaired. 2 Bath Waste Water pipes disconnected from the Drain and Trapped. 2 Cess-pools removed from inside the Shippons. 5 Dirty Houses cleaned. 6 Dirty Back-yards cleaned. 1 Dirtv Cellar cleaned. j 3 Lots of Poultry removed from Back-yards.